A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled against a bid by a Richmond company to reopen the Cowichan Tribes aboriginal title case, calling the firm’s application an abuse of process.
Justice Barbara Young has denied the request of private landowner Montrose Property Holdings Ltd. to reopen the Cowichan case so it could be added as a defendant.
The decision, released on June 29, said Montrose Properties was seeking to revisit matters that had already been resolved, and the application was dismissed. Montrose Properties is an owner and developer of industrial workspaces located in Richmond, an island city located immediately south of Vancouver in the Metro Vancouver region….